Recent content by jeepmarine71

Well said Pakettle!

Wow an all out civil war between homebrewers, I love my hobbie, but its a hobbie. I loved the craft brewer video, they risk a lot in their profession, we don't I guess the honebrewing video came off as a little hokey. By the reaction of some guys on here you'd think they found the cure for...

Is it normal for them to have small brown strings hanging from the bottom of the cone? They look great otherwise.

I was refunded my money.

I got this from the brewing networks, can you brew it? Check them out! Ballast Point Calico Amber 6 Gal. batchOG: 1.055FG: 1.014SRM: 15.9IBU: 44.6 10.32# Pale malt Two-Row1.72# Crystal 80L 0.93# Carastan0.26# CaraPils 0.38oz Nuggets @ 60min0.38oz Galena @ 60 min 0.5oz Cascade @ 10min0.75oz...

I got a temp conroller for cheap on ebay to use for fermentation, the analog johnson controls a19abc-24C model, i can wire it up but there is no temp probe/bulb on the end of the wire. I searched online but did not have much luck, anyone have any info or links to help? Can i use any old "bulb"...

I have been wanting to nail down a water adjustment "recpie" if you will for a porter/ stout. My tap water is frustrating because my city dosent test for the minerals we need to look for. But my water is hardish, Hardness is around 110-140 my pale ales come out pretty good though. I brewed a...

The brewing network.com, the jamil show, can you brew it. Free podcast and recpie given for the west coast ipa. I have the recipe if anyone would like it.

The jamil show, Can you brew it on the brewing network.com they interview the brewmaster and then clone it with as much or as little information that was given. This stout was "cloned" and the recipe was given. Jamail Zaninasheff, the author of brewing classic stlyes said you could tear out his...

Yeah i thought the fuggle cone was long and skinny-ish and the cascade was round. Im pretty sure i can tell by thier smell. Im not to worried. I am going to mark them in the future. What variety should i grow next NW Ohio. Cheers

I planted two rizomes last year, a Cascade and a Fuggle. I cant remember which is which. They are both growing like gangbusters, but one is growing faster than the other. I'm inclined to think that one maybe the Cascade. Cascade is know to grow well in my area NW Ohio. How could I tell...

I got a british style bitter recpie from a podcast and the grains were given in %, how do you convert to a 5 or ten gallon batch. The first percentage is 83.5%. Also the uk recpie mentions an amber malt? Is there another name for it here or where could I order it from. Cheers

Thanks guys, lesson learned.

I read sonthing about beano, will it eat unfermentable sugars?

Northern brewer sent me a mistake batch of grains, I figured, I'll just brew it. I should have done a little more research first. I received 12 lbs of Rahr Pilsner malt and 4 lbs of Bries Caramel 60L. I mashed it all. I fermented with Safale 05. It fermented for a little over a week. I...